The Minahasan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. These languages are distinct from the Manado Malay language.
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Minahasan | |
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Geographic distribution | North Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Glottolog | mina1272 |
The languages are Tonsawang, Tontemboan, Tondano, Tombulu and Tonsea.[1]
The Minahasan languages are classified as a branch of the Philippine subgroup.[2]
Proto-Minahasan | |
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Reconstruction of | Minahasan languages |
Reconstructed ancestors | Proto-Austronesian
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Proto-Minahasan (PMin) has been reconstructed by Sneddon (1978).[3] The comparison table (a small selection from Sneddon 1978:120–183) illustrates the correspondences between the Minahasan languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Minahasan innovations.[4]
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Tondano | Tonsea | Tombulu | Tontemboan | Tonsawang | PMin | PAn | Meaning |
təlu | tədu | təlu | təlu | təlu | *təlu | *təlu | 'three' |
oat | oat | ohat | oʔat | ohatᶿ | *ohat | *huRaC | 'vein' |
rui | dui | duhi | duʔi | duhi | *duhi | *duRi | 'bone' |
ədo | əndo | əndo | əndo | əndo | *əndo | *qaləjaw | 'sun' |
pate | pate | pate | pate | patᶿe | *pate | *paCay | 'kill' |
Minahasan innovations | |||||||
Tondano | Tonsea | Tombulu | Tontemboan | Tonsawang | PMin | PAn | Meaning |
tələs | tələs | tələs | tələs | tələs | *tələs | (*bəli) | 'buy' |
edo | endo | endo | indo | indo | *indo | (*alaq) | 'take' |
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Northern Luzon |
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Central Luzon |
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Greater Central Philippine |
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Other branches |
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Reconstructed | Proto-Philippine † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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